Wednesday, January 28th | Daily Devotion
- Jan 28
- 4 min read
Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you. Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, O Lord God of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. -Psalm 69:1-6
TRANSCRIPTION:
Good morning, good morning, grace and peace be unto all of you, my father's children. I'm Dr. Powell and this is our weekly daily devotional. We've been captured into the book of Psalm and it’s been our custom that I will read a portion of it, but you in your free time with your devotional crew will read the entirety of the vision.
The wonderful thing about Psalms is it's really given us a springboard to explore the vast emotions that are embedded in just being a Christian or walking this walk.
So we're gonna look at the 69th Division of Psalms today. Let's go.
“Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire where there is no foothold. I've come in the deep waters and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out. My throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God. More in number than the hairs in my head are those who hate me without cause. Mighty are those who would destroy me. Those who attack me with lies, what I did not steal, must I now restore? Oh God, you know my folly. The wrongs I've done are not hidden from you. Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me. Oh Lord, God of hosts, let not those who seek you be brought dishonor through me, oh God of Israel.”
And it goes on.
This song is one that I believe really echoes the authenticity of one's prayer life. He opens up with the explanation and great detail as to what she's going through. God, do you see where I'm at? I feel like I'm drowning under the weight.
And then here's the thing, he also mentions not just the weight to which he feels, but also he identifies the people that genuinely are causing him affliction. So this is a uh cry for justice.
David has no problem being transparently accurate in depicting what he's going through and who's causing what he's going through. In this moment in time. David is calling out for justice against his enemies. And he says, listen, oh my eyes grow dim with waiting for my God. Have you ever been there?
Look, God, I know that you're a God of justice. I know that you're the type to turn things around. God, I understand and I recognize that you're the one who's in control. And I've been waiting. Ever felt like you were waiting on God?
Waiting on God to, Him to exact justice on your behalf, waiting for God to make things equal, waiting for God while looking at those who've done you wrong, seemingly walked by. This is my eyes grow dim. But then, He takes a very transparent move.
He goes a little bit farther, He goes, listen, I know I'm not perfect. Verse number five says, oh God, you know my father, the wrongs I've done are not hidden from you. He says, make no mistake, Lord, I don't claim to understand this or to be uh worthy per se, but I am asking, don't let my father's or my faults be the ones that dishonor the house.
So this prayer takes some transitions and then you'll see towards the end, then moves from a place of I want justice for my enemies to I know that I'm flawed, but then he turns his head towards worship.
So here's my moment for us today.
Part of being human is our area and space to demand or to definitely yearn after justice, especially when something's been done wrong to you. And even we can look over the course in the activities of our lives and say that there are times that we cry out for justice, and that's not wrong. And you need to be honest in your prayer to do so.
And in addition to having honesty within your cry for justice, we also must exemplify the humility of knowing that we're not perfect. That we're not perfect portion gives us the balance to justice that also says that, God, I have no right to demand this. This is something that I request.
But always at the end of your prayer, conclude it with an area of worship that regardless of how God moves and in the space and timing that he chooses to, we still owe him glory. We still owe him honor. That he's still better to us than we've been to ourselves. And inside of that, there is a spirit of gratitude that we must exemplify.
I pray this blesses you. 69th Division of Psalm. We'll talk soon. Be blessed.